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One Man's Poison

Robert Sheckley

Book Overview: 

They could eat a horse, only luckily there was none ... it might have eaten them first!

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .At least it's got an oxygen atmosphere," Casker said.

Their deceleration spiral swept them around the planet, cutting lower into the atmosphere, braking against it. And still there was nothing but mountains and lakes and oceans and more mountains.

On the eighth run, Hellman caught sight of a solitary building on a mountain top. Casker braked recklessly, and the hull glowed red hot. On the eleventh run, they made a landing approach.

"Stupid place to build," Casker muttered.

The building was doughnut-shaped, and fitted nicely over the top of the mountain. There was a wide, level lip around it, which Casker scorched as he landed the ship.

rom the air, the building had merely seemed big. On the ground, it was enormous. Hellman and Casker walked up to it slowly. Hellman had his burner ready, but there was no sign of life.

"This planet must be abandoned," Hellman said almost in a whisper.

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Community Reviews

An all-time classic, very memorable.
I'd like to edit an anthology of my favorite SF stories, including "The Last Question", "The Nine Billion Names of God", "A Sound of Thunder" and the less well-known "The Next Tenants". I'd include "One Man's Poison" to lighten the tone a bit. It's quite funny, bu

An amusing and quick sci-fi read!